
The Government Argues that Edward Snowden Is a Recruiting Tool
In the superseding indictment for Julian Assange, the government describes WikiLeaks' efforts to recruit other leakers by pointing to their efforts to rescue Edward Snowden. But that's not the first time the government has discussed Snowden as a recruiting tool.

Three Things: Bounties, Bounties, Bounce [UPDATE-1]
There’s an action item at the end of this post. It’ll be more effort than Trump put into protecting our troops in Afghanistan from Taliban boosted by Russian secret bounties.

The Chicks Are Owed An Apology
Once upon a time, back when the United States was under the leadership of another fairly incompetent Republican President (yes yes, Bush and Cheney look a little better now compared to Trump and Pence, but only because they were actually semi-competent…

Jim Jordan, Killer Clown
Jim Jordan, killer clown -- an existential threat to members of Congress who have to put up with him while they represent the rest of us.

Billy Barr's OLC Declinations
Bill Barr basically unilaterally had OLC rewrite campaign finance law in an attempt to protect Trump.

Sidney Powell's Great Time Machine of Electoral Gaslighting
The frothy right appears to be claiming -- so as to blame Biden for the FBI's questions about the Logan Act -- that Jim Comey and Barack Obama had the same exchange on two consecutive days.

The Superseding Assange Indictment Tidies Up CFAA Charges
By expanding the CFAA charges in the Julian Assange indictment, DOJ has made his extradition on those charges, at least, far stronger -- and also sets up a framework into which DOJ can add other co-conspirators going forward.

HJC Democrats Do Little to Limit Jim Jordan's Assault on Public Health and Rule of Law
Somehow, wrestling coach Jim Jordan managed to best most Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee in today's hearing on politicization of DOJ.

Three Things: Numbers, Hearings and Racist Code
There's always more than three things to address but here's three we should look at more closely -- Yesterday's COVID-19 oversight hearing, the data debacle in Tulsa, and racist facial recognition.

Citing Presumption of Regularity, DC Circuit Rules against Emmet Sullivan to Prevent Embarrassing Billy Barr
Neomi Rao just ruled that District Courts must be totally gutted to prevent Billy Barr from embarrassment.

The World's Biggest Donald Trump Fan Believes Donald Trump Is Lying about COVID
Donald Trump seems to believe that COVID-19 no longer poses a deadly risk to Americans. His rat-fucker, Roger Stone, begs to differ.

Even the First Roger Stone Sentencing Memo Was Politicized
It has long been clear that the second sentencing memo for Roger Stone was politicized, by ignoring all the enhancements that people who weren't the President's rat-fucker would routinely have applied. But in his opening statement for testimony before the House Judiciary Committee tomorrow, Aaron Zelinsky reveals that even the first memo was politicized by taking out some part of Stone's conduct.

MMT On Inflation
MMT recognizes the danger of inflation and explains how we can cope.

Trump's Muslim Ban Ignored the Most Dangerous
Lieutenant Mohammed Alshamrani, who shot up a naval base in Florida, was not vetted in either Trump's Muslim ban vetting or the Pentagon Insider Threat vetting.

On Rod Rosenstein's Professed Unfamiliarity with the Mueller Report
Rod Rosenstein appeared unfamiliar with key parts of the Mueller Report when he testified earlier this month. That makes me wonder whether he's even aware of later, more serious steps in the Roger Stone investigation.

The Tussle in Tulsa: A Retrospective
Trump's rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma yesterday didn't live up to my worries about violence or Trump campaign's expectations for turnout.

Rudy Giuliani's Actions Remain Under Investigation
Bill Barr tried to fire Geoffrey Berman last night. That makes the ongoing investigations into Rudy Giuliani more interesting.

Friday Night Half-Assed Massacre: The Attempted Firing of SDNY's Berman
A post to capture Attorney General Bill Barr's bizarre Friday evening attempt to firing Geoffrey Berman, U.S. Attorney for Southern District of New York

John Bolton Versus Navy Versus Egan
By invoking evidence that Donald Trump is behind the hold-up of prepublication review of his book, John Bolton may make Navy v. Egan a central dispute in litigation going forward.

A Tale of Two National Security Advisors
The comparison of the claims Mike Ellis is making about Trump's third National Security Advisor with the treatment given his first -- the guy who actively sold out his country rather than did so by inaction -- only serves to emphasize how Trump interprets "national security" to mean "loyalty to Trump."
